Publications

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Publications

• Yang, Z., Human, B., Reyes-Dumeyer, D., Montesinos, R., Soto-Añari, M., Custodio, N., Tosto, G. (2024)
  A benchmark study on current GWAS models in admixed populations,
  Briefings in Bioinformatics 25, Issue 1.

• Yang, Z., Wang, C., Liu, L., Khan, A., Lee, A., Vardarajan, B., Mayeux, R., Kiryluk, K., & Ionita-Laza, I. (2023)
  CARMA is a novel Bayesian model for fine-mapping in genome-wide association meta-analyses,
  Nature Genetics, 55, 1057-1065.

• Yang, Z., Wang, C., Erjavec, S., Petukhova, L., Christiano, A., & Ionita-Laza, I. (2021)
  A semisupervised model to predict regulatory effects of genetic variants at single nucleotide resolution using massively parallel reporter assays,
  Bioinformatics, 37, 1953-1962.

• Yang, Z. (2019)
  Gaussian Regression Model Selection in High Dimension,
  Indiana University.

• Carter, R., Yang, Z., Hocagil, T., Jacobson, S., Jacobson, J., Dodge, N., Meintjes, E., Zikil, C., Tosto, G. (2024)
  Genetic admixture predictors of fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) in the South African Cape Coloured population,
  Gene, 931, 30, 2024.

• Tayran, H., Yilmaz, E., Yang, Z., Tosto, G., Vardarajan, B., Ertekin-Taner, N., Mayeux, R., Kizil, C. (2024)
  Decreased ABCA7 compromises synaptic integrity through diminished Neuropeptide-Y in Alzheimer’s disease,
  Cell Genomics, 4, 100642, 2024.

• Akgun, B., Cornejo-Olivas, M., Custodio, N., Rajabli, F., Soto-Añari, M., Montesinos, R., Yang, Z., et al., Tosto, G. (2023)
  A new risk locus on chromosome 1 is suggested by genome-wide association study in Peruvians for Alzheimer disease,
  Alzheimer’s & Dementia, 19, S12.

• Khan, A., McGovern, J., Yang, Z., Ionita-Laza, I., Kiryluk, K., Petukhova, L. (2021)
  A genome-wide association study in an African American cohort implicates IL-12A in acne,
  Journal of Investigative Dermatology, 5, S99.

Manuscripts

• Yang, Z., Wang, C., Vardarajan, B., Mayeux, R., Ionita-Laza, I. (2024)
  “Fine-mapping in admixed populations using CARMA-X, with applications to Latin American studies”,
  In preparation.

• Yang, Z., Wang, C., Ionita-Laza, I. (2024)
  “MCARMA: Precision Fine-Mapping Across Multi-Ancestry and Multi-Trait Studies”,
  In preparation.

• Yang, Z., Cieza, B., Reyes-Dumeyer, D., Teich, A., Lee, A., et al., Mayeux, R., & Tosto, G. (2024)
  “MU-BRAIN: MUltiethnic Brain Rna-seq for Alzheimer INitiative”,
  In review at BRAIN: A journal of Neurology.

• Yang, Z., Human, B., Reyes-Dumeyer, D., Montesinos, R., Huilca, J., Oré-Gómez, M., et al., Tosto, G. (2024)
  “Protective effect of Native American ancestry in Peruvian populations”,
  In preparation.

• Yang, Z., Womack, A. (2020)
  “Heavy tailed horseshoe priors”,
  arXiv.

• Yang, Z., Womack, A. (2019)
  “Revisiting High Dimensional Bayesian Model Selection for Gaussian Regression”,
  arXiv.

• Human, B., Yang, Z., Reyes-Dumeyer, D., Lee, A., Dugger, B., et al., Tosto, G. (2024)
  “Polytranscriptomic risk score for Alzheimer Disease in a large diverse multi-center brain bank study”,
  In preparation.

• Barral, S., Phillips, N., Barber, R., O’Bryant, S., Yang, Z., et al., Tosto, G. (2024)
  “Differences in genetic ancestry explain variation in APOE risk of Alzheimer’s disease among 12,221 Caribbean-Hispanic, Mexican, Mexican-American, Peruvian, and Bolivian individuals”,
  In preparation.